A message from our founder

BridgeNorth exists because slavery still does - in Canada. In fact Canada has been found to be a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking, the bulk of which is sex trafficking. I don’t just know this as a statistical fact, I lived it.

Modern day sex slavery is a disturbing and until recently a hidden reality that affects women and girls from all economic backgrounds, who are lured predominantly online as well as through schools and malls. Human trafficking involves the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and/ or exercising control, direction or influence over the movements of a person in order to exploit that person, typically through sexual exploitation or forced labour. Human trafficking follows the rules of supply and demand. If the demand was eliminated, sexual exploitation would end.

Ontario is a major centre for human trafficking in Canada, accounting for more than 2/3 of cases nationally. Of those, most are instances of sexual exploitation. Targeting vulnerable females, aged 14-25, predators pose as friends and boyfriends, often selling a dream of an exciting life, with promises of money and love. In reality, these girls live a horrific nightmare from which it’s very difficult to escape.

Human trafficking & sexually exploited victims are among society’s most vulnerable – oppressed, marginalized and often invisible. Together we can see these lives healed, restored and transformed. Thank you for getting involved & partnering with us!